Objectives To test whether mobile phone surveys conducted remotely might generate data on deaths that are not covered by mortality surveillance systems established in laboratories and health facilit...

There is a widespread belief, in both the scholarly literature and the popular press, that polygyny prevents large numbers of men from marrying by ...

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One Epidemic, Many Estimates (1EME)

This cohort study examines trends in excess deaths in the US before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working i...

AbstractBackground. In countries with limited civil registration and vital statistics systems, assessing the impact of health crises requires precise retro

Background Following Hamas’s 7 October attack, Israel launched extensive aerial bombardments in the Gaza Strip, followed by a large-scale ground invasion. During the first 3 months of the conflict, up...

AbstractBackground. In countries with limited civil registration and vital statistics systems, assessing the impact of health crises requires precise retro

To determine the effects of the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Bendavid and coauthors conducted analyses of adult mortality using person-level data from the Demographic and He...

To determine the effects of the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Bendavid and coauthors conducted analyses of adult mortality using person-level data from the Demographic and He...

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working i...

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In countries without adequate death registration systems, adult mortality is often estimated using orphanhood-based methods. The HIV pandemic breaches several assumptions of these methods, for exam...

RaMMPS collaborators share lessons and experiences from the Rapid Mortality Mobile Phone Surveys project and release a report describing opportunities and best practices in mortality data collection o...

RaMMPS collaborators share lessons and experiences from the Rapid Mortality Mobile Phone Surveys project and release a report describing opportunities and best practices in mortality data collection o...

Supplementary methods of mortality surveillance are needed in settings with incomplete death registration. Local perceptions of mortality levels might be useful indicators of excess deaths. Early in t...

We investigated behavioral responses to COVID–19 in Malawi, where a first wave of the pandemic occurred between June and August 2020. Contrary to many countries on the African continent, the Governmen...